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Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
4.0
Sisters of the Lost Nation is a riveting novel with an important central issue surrounding missing and murdered indigenous women.
Anna is quiet, an outcast. Bullied and broken down, she glides through life like a ghost. Her life consists of battling school, picking up after her boss at work, and trying to navigate her troubled family, all while trying to avoid the monster that has haunted her for years. Anna is concerned with the young woman, gone missing from the reservation, but that concern turns to terror when her younger sister falls victim to the odd disappearances. Anna finds herself and her voice as she fights to find her sister and stop the corruption and horrors that her reservation and her home have also fallen victim to.
It was interesting to read, the chapters jumping back and forth between times. We see everything that led up to the moment Grace, Anna's sister, went missing and everything that happened after her disappearance. We are able to see how this one, incredibly devastating event can rock a family and change someone, bringing out strength they never knew they possessed. I adore this novel.
The only "critical" thing I would say, is that there wasn't as much horror as I expected there to be. There were moments, but it sits more on the side of a thriller. Which is fine! The horror aspect is based more on folklore and mythology which brings the story together beautifully.
Anna is quiet, an outcast. Bullied and broken down, she glides through life like a ghost. Her life consists of battling school, picking up after her boss at work, and trying to navigate her troubled family, all while trying to avoid the monster that has haunted her for years. Anna is concerned with the young woman, gone missing from the reservation, but that concern turns to terror when her younger sister falls victim to the odd disappearances. Anna finds herself and her voice as she fights to find her sister and stop the corruption and horrors that her reservation and her home have also fallen victim to.
It was interesting to read, the chapters jumping back and forth between times. We see everything that led up to the moment Grace, Anna's sister, went missing and everything that happened after her disappearance. We are able to see how this one, incredibly devastating event can rock a family and change someone, bringing out strength they never knew they possessed. I adore this novel.
The only "critical" thing I would say, is that there wasn't as much horror as I expected there to be. There were moments, but it sits more on the side of a thriller. Which is fine! The horror aspect is based more on folklore and mythology which brings the story together beautifully.